A look back at our all-time top feature requests

Hiya!

If you recall, we recently combed through as many feature requests as we could find, dating back to the early days of this forum, to get a clearer picture of what this community has asked for over the years, what has shipped, and where some of those requests stand today.

For the sake of transparency, I teamed up with members of our product team to get the most realistic perspective possible on what you’ve asked for, what we’ve already shipped, what has been addressed in some form, and what is actively in motion.

That said, roadmap language can shift as priorities, technical constraints, and customer needs evolve. So for this update, we’re focusing on the things we can speak to most clearly: what has shipped, what has been meaningfully improved or addressed in another way, and what is live, in progress, or coming soon.

Most importantly: thank you. Your posts, votes, examples, screenshots, and follow-up comments have helped shape a lot of what Superhuman has become.

Please bookmark this page and check back often, as we plan to treat it as a living artifact that will be updated as more products ship that have stemmed directly from feature requests in this forum.

:green_circle: Shipped or now available

A number of long-standing requests from the community have since shipped or are now available in some form:

Some of these may not have shipped in exactly the original form suggested, but the underlying need has been addressed or meaningfully improved.

:green_circle: :yellow_circle: :right_arrow: Live, in progress, or coming soon

Some requests are either live in some form, actively being worked on, or tied to ongoing work:

We’ll keep sharing more as these areas progress. In some cases, the final implementation may look different from the original request, but the underlying problems are ones we’re actively working through.

A few notes on how we’re thinking about this

A few themes came up again and again:

  • People want more control over formatting, styling, and presentation.
  • Many makers want more powerful permissions and locking models.
  • Timeline, calendar, and form improvements remain recurring asks.
  • Localization, language, and regional settings matter deeply to international teams.
  • Several older requests have since been solved in ways different from those originally proposed.

There are many more requests we’re still evaluating, and we’ll continue sharing updates as plans become more concrete. Votes help, but the most useful posts also include clear examples, screenshots, business impact, and the workaround you’re using today.

Thanks again for continuing to help shape Superhuman. We appreciate the thoughtful feedback, the persistence, and the creativity this community brings every day.

And if there are any feature requests you’d like to get on our radar, please drop them here in the forum. As always, I will take them back to the team and try to wrangle up any color commentary I can provide to keep you in the loop.

Hello @Ruggy-Joesten ,

Thank you for putting this list together. It is easy to forget what has been accomplished - there has been a lot of progress in localisation and setting defaults for our docs. Once it is released, it is the new normal, and we will always be ready to ask for more.

In your list, I am missing the (in beta now) database, which will hopefully eliminate the need for cross-doc. You sort of mention the permission controls, but specifically, there have been a lot of requests for page access controls (which is a work in progress, but it has been really quiet about progress for finishing phase three and releasing parts of phase 4).

There was also some talk about loading part of the doc (rather than the complete doc), partly related to access controls, but also to allow for a better experience when working in/on really large docs.

I assume you are going to try to keep your three lists as (f)actual as possible, so hopefully this contribution is of some help.

Greetings,
Joost

@Ruggy-Joesten Does the team still refer to and prioritise the One Place to Rule Them All thread (and the doc linked from there) Bringing Community Feature Requests Into One Place ?

They do! That is largely where this is pulled from.